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Summary

From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true
story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone
on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island.
In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a
diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into the
Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel
Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack
emerged as the sole survivor of this ambitious polar
expedition. This young, unskilled woman -- who had headed
to the Arctic in search of money and a husband -- conquered
the seemingly unconquerable north and survived all alone
after her male companions had perished. Following her
triumphant return to civilization, the international press
proclaimed her the female Robinson Crusoe. But whatever
stories the press turned out came from the imaginations of
reporters: Ada Blackjack refused to speak to anyone about
her horrific two years in the Arctic. Only on one occasion -
- after charges were published falsely accusing her of
causing the death of one her companions -- did she speak up
for herself.

Jennifer Niven has created an absorbing, compelling history
of this remarkable woman, taking full advantage of the
wealth of first-hand resources about Ada that exist,
including her never-before-seen diaries, the unpublished
diaries from other primary characters, and interviews with
Ada's surviving son. Ada Blackjack is more than a rugged
tale of a woman battling the elements to survive in the
frozen north -- it is the story of a hero.